A little bit of this….A little bit of that!

I have been quite lazy when it comes to keeping up the blog, so I must apologize. I have so much to tell you that I am going to make this a random blog. Here we go.
I hear from Josh about every other day, on average. We email about everyday and he is doing great! [...]

The Spirit of Christmas

I am so bummed that Christmas is over!  People start putting away decorations and taking down the lights…but NO…not me. I plan on leaving mine up until at least mid-January.  I want to hang on to the magic as long as possible!
Our Christmas program was incredible at church!  God showed up in a huge way [...]

The Wonder of It All

I love Christmas A LOT!! Seeing it through the eyes of an adult is so different than through the eyes of a child! I love the smells, the lights, the hustle and bustle, FAMILY, music, pictures, food..you name it. Most of all, I love the story of the Birth of Christ, the magic of the [...]

The Color of Friendship

I love the un-contaminated mind of young kids!  No discrimination, no stereotyping….all kids are created equal!  I sound like MLK!!  Well, mostly equal.  Some are still trouble, some are still weird…and some are just….GIRLS!  I took these pictures of Kiser and his best buds today at their Christmas musical at school. 
 
Jailen, Seth, Kiser and Nathan
 
 Neil [...]

Never a Dull Moment!

You have to watch this video!  Boston, with the help of his older brother, figured out how to climb into his crib.  Needless to say, we had to convert his crib into the day bed so that if he does climb out, he doesn’t seriously injure himself. 

Does that look dangerous to you?!?!  Because it does [...]

Independence can be a Messy Thing!!

Boston has officially graduated to the “I don’t want your help!” stage.  I was trying hard to feed him some chocolate pudding the other day and he absolutely refused to eat it unless he could do it himself.  So, very reluctantly, I gave in and decided he could do it.  Check out the results of my [...]

Alyssa Louden

Alyssa is one of the babies that started at Duke with Isiah, my nephew with Hurler’s Syndrome.  She was about 20 months old and lost her battle with the horrible disease on Tuesday night.  I started following her story when Isiah started his treatment…they were only days apart in the treatment and transplant process.  I can’t [...]

Isiah’s Story made Public!

Copy the link below and paste it to your web browser to check out the local news story done on Isiah.  Be prepared, it will make you cry.
http://www.wabi.tv/index.php?cat_id=4006&url_news4006=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wabi.tv%2Fmodules%2FNews%2FdisplayNews.php%3Fid%3D3452&formFocus=news4006